"The former shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis said: “No one disputes the need for diplomacy with the US.

[lazarou@mastodon.social]

"The former shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis said: “No one disputes the need for diplomacy with the US. That is realpolitik. But rolling out a state visit in the middle of an illegal war, led by a man doing profound damage to democratic norms, is not diplomacy; it is a profound misreading of the moment.”"

King Charles’s state visit to US will be ‘humiliation’ amid Iran war

Visit with Camilla to go ahead in late April despite calls for delay over conflict and Trump-Starmer tensions

the Guardian (www.theguardian.com)

#AbolishTheMonarchy #USRoyalVisit #UKPol #UKpolitics #CliveLewis

[richrarobi@mastodon.social]

@Lazarou

Don't be surprised if they lock #charles up and hold him to ransome.

#trump cannot be trusted, even if our king BOWS to his royal arse.

[rlstone4dems@mastodon.social]

@Lazarou Damn, Donald Trump is a disgraceful looking human being...

[lazarou@mastodon.social]

It is an insult to the rest of us, probably why it's going ahead.

Are we to think the King is some kind of Trump-Whisperer, and whatever assurances given for better behaviour will be remembered in a day?

#AbolishTheMonarchy #UKPol #UKPolitics #Trump #EpsteinClass #IranWar #WWIII

[stevel@hachyderm.io]

@Lazarou or he gets to force trump to fawn over him knowing that the entire country is laughing at the president.

[crispius@mstdn.fname.ca]

@Lazarou
It also seems a bit strange, when his own brother has been sanctioned for their involvement in the #Epstein files, that he would participate in a state visit with a leader who’s been mentioned in them over a million times.

[anniebuddy@thecanadian.social]

@crispius @Lazarou

Maybe Charles has taken offence to the "No Kings" protests and feels he needs to show his solidarity to other "would be" kings?